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KATHMANDU, APR 29 - Private schools across the country that had downed shutters on Sunday at the call of the Maoist-aligned All Nepal National Independent Students’ Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) may resume classes from Friday if talks between the school mananagements and the union slated for Thursday go well.
Private schools across the country remained closed for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.
“An informal meeting with the student union on Wednesday was positive,” said D.K. Dhungana, secretary of Private and Boarding Schools’ Organisations Nepal (PABSON). “We hope the meeting scheduled for Thursday will help end the deadlock.”
The student body has closed private schools to protest what it called an “illegal” hike in school fees.
PABSON and National PABSON on Tuesday decided to be flexible on the issue. “We are ready to review the fee structure through talks,” Dhungana said. The closure of the schools has hit over 1.5 million students.
“The strike will be called off immediately after the school managements decide to withdraw the fee hike,” said Himal Sharma, General Secretary of ANNISU-R.
CPN-UML leader Ishwor Pokhrel alleged on Wednesday that the shutdown of the schools was part of the Maoist strategy to provide shelter to their cadres.
Speaking at the ‘Decisive Debate’ programme organised here by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Pokhrel said, “Issues related to the fee hike can be sorted out through talks.”
Refuting the allegations, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said the fee hike was not “scientific” and that it was against the people’s interests.
Meanwhile, Education Ministry formed a three-member talk coordination committee headed by Joint Secretary Mahashram Sharma. The panel has appealed to ANNISU-R to withdraw the protest and hold talks.
Closure may mar +2 exams
KATHMANDU: Grade XII examinations to be conducted by the Higher Secondary Education Board from Thursday are likely to be affected due to the agitation of the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Students' Union-Revolutionary.
“We will not obstruct the examinations but the students are not in a mood to take them,” said Himal Sharma, general secretary of ANNISU.
Issuing a press statement on Wednesday, INSEC appealed to the stakeholders to work for ending the shutdown of private schools through dialogue.
Posted on: 2010-04-29 08:45
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